Tag: Chicken

Parsi chicken cutlets is the recipe inspired by one of the internet recipes. I was watching cooking videos as usual and watched this one which kinda attracted my taste buds, so I tried it and no doubt it was yum 🙂 Give it a try and let me know what you think about it!

Ingredients:

250 gms boiled and mashed potatoes

500 gms chicken mince

1 cup coriander chopped

1 cup mint leaves chopped

1 medium red onion chopped fine

1 tbspn ginger & garlic paste

4 – 5 green chillies chopped

Salt to taste

1 tspn red chilli powder

½ tspn turmeric

1 tspn coriander powder

1 tspn cumin powder

1 tspn garam masala

FOR COATING

2 cups bread crumbs

2 beaten eggs

Oil for shallow frying

Method:

In a shallow wide dish, combine boiled mashed potatoes and chicken mince well and add all the spices and veggies. Mix well and keep aside for 10 minutes.

Now make small cutlets depending on hat size you want and coat them in breadcrumbs, then egg and fry for 2 minutes per side on medium flame.

Chicken francaise is a very popular American – Italian dish which is available in nearly all the cafes and restaurants in America. In general it is very difficult and boring to eat chicken breast but in this dish I like the subtle lemony sauce over crumbed, soft and succulent chicken breast. Give it a try and I am sure you will love it….

Ayesha’s Kitchen

Ingredients:

2 chicken breasts (cut into butterfly cut) (small size)

Salt & cracked pepper

Oil

FOR COATING 1

1 cup plain flour

1 tbspn corn flour

Some chicken salt to season

FOR EGG COATING

2 eggs (whisked)

4 tbspns finely grated parmesan cheese

2 tbspns chopped parsley

FOR SAUCE

1 knob of butter

1 cup chicken stalk

½ cup lemon juice

2 tbspns chopped parsley

Method:

Cut the chicken breast into butterfly cut or just in two fillets and season with some salt and pepper. Put each piece in the zip lock bag and pound with the meat hammer until thin and flat.

Take some flour on a shallow plate and season with some chicken salt, and prepare the egg mixture in a shallow plate by mixing everything.

Heat some oil in a pan.

Take one chicken breast, roll it in flour and then shake off the access and dip it in egg mixture and fry on medium heat for 3 minutes per side.

Do the same with all the chicken pieces and then in the same pan add the chicken stalk and lemon juice and let it simmer to half. Add parsley and butter. When the sauce begins to get thick add the fried chicken and cook 1 minute per side so the sauce penetrates in the chicken.

Cream Kebabs is the recipe of one of my besties, she makes them the best so I stole her recipe and sharing with you people here 😀

Ayesha’s Kitchen

Ingredients:

500 gms chicken mince (mix of breast and thigh meat)

1 small onion

5 – 6 green chillies

A bunch of coriander

1 tbspn ginger garlic paste

Oil for shallow frying

SPICES

Salt

Red chilli flakes

½ tspn cracked black pepper

1 tbspn coriander powder

1 tspn cumin powder

¼ tspn meat tenderizer

1 tspn garam masala

½ tspn fenugreek leaves

1 tbspn roasted gram flour

FOR CREAM GLAZE

5 tbspns cream

1 tspn garlic paste

Method

Chop onion, green chillies and coriander in food processor and add it to the mincemeat. Add all the spices as well and mix well with hands. Give a pulse in food processor for 5 seconds and keep aside for 10 minutes for resting.

Grease your hands and shape the meat in seekh kebabs by either rolling it on the skewer or back of the spoon. Heat oil in frying pan and shallow fry the kebabs just to give a shape (half cook).

In a separate pan saute garlic paste with no oil and add cream. Now gently transfer half cooked kebabs to this cream mixture and let it cook for 5 minutes or until fully cooked. Temper it with coal and serve hot.

This recipe is for a very healthy yet delicious burger, the creamy avocado plays the role of mayo or other sauces, the cool cucumber dip gives it a very cecik taste, tomato and lettuce adds freshness and beauty and the very well seasoned, juicy meat patty takes it to another level of awesomeness. I used mince meat patty and not the fillet because I am not a big fan of grilled fillet in the burger until it is charcoal grilled plus sometimes it tastes a bit dry. So mincemeat patty keeps it juicy and moist and you can season it to perfection by mixing everything in.

I bet, you try it once, you will crave for more…. When I thought of this recipe I thought it would not be as tasty as burgers we normally have, loaded with heavy sauces, fatty patties and dressings but when I took the first bite it was YUMMM… better than other greasy burgers. So what you waiting for? switch on your burger cravings to this healthy version now 🙂

Ayesha’s Kitchen

Ingredients:

PATTY

500 gms turkey mince/ chicken mince (breast & thigh mix)

2 tbspns soy sauce

Salt and cracked black pepper

1 egg

Chicken salt

A pinch of mustard powder

1 tspn chilli flakes (Optional)

4 tbspns oil for frying

FOR BURGERS

4 rolls of your choice (wholemeal/ white/ seeded/ multigrain)

2 tbspns softened butter

1 avocado cut into slices

8 tomato slices

4- 8 leaf lettuce

4 coon cheese

CUCUMBER DIP

2 tbspns greek yogurt (low fat)

½ cucumber, chopped

A pinch of dill

Salt and pepper

Method:

In a mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients for patty and gently mix but do not over mix as it will become hard. TIP: Add egg at the end and just fold it in with soft hands. After 10 minutes divide the mince into 4 equal parts, forming into patties. The mixture might be a bit sticky but that’s what we want, that sticky will keep it moist.

In a small mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients given for cucumber dip and mix.

Wash, dry and cut and prepare all the vegetables.

Heat oil and fry each patty for 2 minutes per side on medium flame. When flipping the first side, put a slice of cheese on the top and let the other side (raw side) cook and the cheese melt.

Meanwhile, cut the rolls in half and apply some butter on both the sides and toast on the griddle. On the heal (bottom) part place some avocado, tomato and lettuce and then put the freshly grilled patty with bubbly melting cheese on it, followed by cucumber dip and the crown (top part of the bun).

I love soups, specially Asian inspired, not a big fan of vegetable puree soups. Chicken corn soup, Cream of chicken, Cream of Mushrooms, 19B, Thai soup, Wonton Soup, Tom Yum & Hot n Sour are my top favorite and luckily in Melbourne I find all of them and I know how to make them all at home as well which never makes me feel Soup Deprived 😀 . No matter its hot or cold, I can eat soup in any weather, in any season with same love. My love for soup is endless 😀 😀 😀 😀 Alrighty, enough of my love for soup. I will tell you about this soup, It is not Chinese authentically, but it is Chinese inspired Pakistani Soup, available at all Chinese food outlets and very famous in Pakistani Home cooking.

It ticks

1. Health
2. Taste
3. Nutrition

Very ideal for weight loss and keeps you full for longer.

so…..People on that side of the world! have a great winter 😀

Ayesha’s KItchen

Ingredients:

1 chicken breast

12 cups water

2 carrots (julienne or chopped)

2 cups cabbage finely sliced

10 champignons (tin mushrooms) (optional)

½ cup spring onion (green part) (chopped)

Salt to taste

1 tspn Chinese salt (Ajinomoto)

1 tbspn black pepper

¼ cup vinegar

¼ cup soy sauce

½ cup corn flour slurry (4 tbspns corn flour in ½ cup of water)

2 beaten eggs

Method:

Boil chicken in 12 cups of water with salt, pepper and Chinese salt. Take out the chicken and keep the stock boiling on low flame.

Shred the chicken with your hands when it cools down and add it back to the stock. Cook for 5 minutes on medium heat. Add the veggies and boil for 2 minutes and add the sauces.

Cook for 5 minutes and add the corn flour slurry with constant stirring to thicken the soup.

Now add beaten eggs with constant stirring otherwise it will make one giant egg in the soup.

Cook for 5 minutes. Adjust the salt, pepper and sourness of the soup by adding everything to your desire.

Oporto is AUS/NZ based burger and grilled chicken chain and their Bondi burgers are very popular. They make it with their own special hot sauce and chicken fillets. But I am not a big fan of their burgers, I like their Jalapeno bites and Chicken Bondi Bites more. Bondi bites are thin slices of chicken breast, marinated in tangy marinade and lightly crumbed and fried. I have worked out the recipe by eating them, so its based on my taste and tastes same.

Here we go,

Ayesha’s Kitchen

Ingredients:

2 chicken breasts, boneless, skinless, cut into thin slanted slices

Salt to taste

Some chicken salt

1 tspn smoked paprika

2 tbspns soy sauce

1 tspn lemon & herb seasoning (easily available at grocery stores)

6 tbspns lemon juice

1 tspn garlic and onion mix powder

1 tspn black pepper

2 eggs

4 tbspns corn flour

2 tbspns self rising flour

FOR CRUMBING

1 cup bread crumbs

2 cups flour

1 tspn paprika

1 tspn chicken salt

1 tspn lemon and herb seasoning

Oil for deep frying

Method:

Cut the chicken breasts in thin slanted slices and put them in a zip lock bag and pound it with a meat hammer and put all the pieces in a deep mixing bowl.

Add all the spices and sauces and mix. Keep aside for 30 minutes at room temperature and crack in 2 eggs, add corn flour and flour and mix well.

Keep aside for 1 hour in refrigerator.

Meanwhile, combine all the crumbing in a plate. Take one piece of chicken and coat it in the crumbing, pressing it gently to stick the crumbs. Do the same with the rest of the chicken and arrange them on a plate without over lapping and refrigerate for 2 hours.

Heat oil to 190 degrees Celsius and fry the chicken. Serve hot with any sauce of your choice. I personally like it with ranch, aoli or dynamite sauce.